MONTHLY REPORT-PARAGUAY BUREAU-AUGUST 1986

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• Publication Date: September 6, 1986
• Content Type: MEMO

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FOREIGN BROADCAST INFORMATION SERVICE
PARAGUAY BUREAU
ASUNCION, PARAGUAY
MPY-6051
6 September 1986
MEMORANDUM FOR: Director, FBIS
THROUGH : Chief, Operations Group
SUBJECT : Monthly Report-Paraguay Bureau-August 1986
Wordage from ROSET sources jumped from the
previous high of 13,600 in July to 19,500 in August, with
the Brazilian Government news agency, Brasilia EBN,
accounting for the bulk of copy. Effective the 25th, the
Bureau added two newscasts from Rio de Janeiro Reds Globo
Television in Portuguese to coverage. The Bureau's content
survey of Brazilian television programming indicates that
these two television casts should add significantly to the
Brazilian coverage package.
Chief, Engineering Support Group,
TDY'ed at the Bureau 7-9 August. During his visit he
inspected the Associate ROSET installation and equipment.
Informed of the Bureau's continuing problem of water
standing in the ROSET dish and the dish base ring, he
instructed the technicians to drill drainage holes to
alleviate the problem. met with Ambassador Taylor
and visited the remote antenna field in Luque and the
ANTELCO earth station in Aregua. On the last day of his
visit, the Bureau hosted a coffee for during which
he briefed Bureau personnel on modernization plans.
Panama Bureau Engineer) ITDY'ed at the
Bureau 12-17 August to repair the Associate ROSET and give
additional training to the Bureau's technicians and
cruiser. He changed the down converter and tested the new
one by cooling down the interior of the cabinet at the foot
of the dish. He found that the previous problem of signal
degradation under the influence of cold weather did not
recur. He also discovered a defective demodulation card in
one of the SCPC-70 dual demodulators, which has since been
replaced by Headquarters. additionally found that
the ROSET is experiencing some interference on the FDM
signal used to copy the two Brazilian press agencies on
Bureau coverage from another FDM signal. This condition
exists because Brasilsat uses linear polarization and one
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of the FDM carriers is polarized horizontally and the other
vertically. The Associate ROSET, however, has only a
circular polarization feed and, therefore, cannot separate
the two signals. He recommended that Headquarters convert
the feed for linear polarization.
A. Monitorial/Editorial
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1. In Bolivia, unrest among the powerful
mineworkers was the subject of much of the Bureau's
reporting this month. A strike in the mining center of
Oruro, where inhabitants were unhappy over the government's
decision to reorganize the state-run mining corporation and
to close some unprofitable mines, evolved into a
large-scale protest and march by approximately 7,000 miners
on La Paz, some 230 kilometers away. As the miners
approached the capital, the government reacted by setting
up road blocks and cordoning off the miners with troops.
As tension mounted, the Bureau instituted an open-speaker
watch on Bolivian radios. On the 27th, the government
imposed a state of siege in response to the growing worker
protests in Oruro, La Paz, and other parts of the country
in favor of the miners. The same day, government vehicles
started returning the marchers to Oruro, and tension
decreased. The Interior Ministry has so far announced that
161 people have been arrested and that some of them have
been banished to isolated areas in the interior.
Octogenarian President Victor Paz, having weathered yet
another crisis in his long and turbulent career, on the
29th addressed Congress and the nation to explain the
reorganization of the mines and the imposition of the state
of siege. However, Bolivian radios carried only the last 9
minutes of the speech, which the Bureau texted.
2. Terrorist activity continued to be the major
story in Chile. On the 11th, the government reported the
discovery of a huge arms cache containing rifles,
ammunition, grenades, mortars, and rockets that it alleged
were brought into the country by Soviet and Cuban fishing
boats and hidden for subsequent use by Chilean terrorists.
The two principal Chilean terrorist groups, the Manuel
Rodriguez Partiotic Front (FPMR) and the Movement of the
Revolutionalry Left, have denied involvement with the
caches. Various personalities, including labor leader
Rodolfo Seguel, and the magazine CAUCE have charged that
the caches are a government hoax. Since announcing the
first arms cache discovery, the government has reported
finding several more clandestine arsenals and at least 21
individuals have been arrested for involvement. At the end
of the month, Defense Minister Carvajal stated that the
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arrests have "virtually destroyed" the FPMR command. He
also claimed that the U.S. Government supplied Chile with
satellite-source information that helped in the detection
of the illegal introduction of the weapons from Soviet and
Cuban ships.
3. Whether or not their command structure was
broken, the FPMR remained active during the month. A
hooded man claiming to be the leader of FPMR units within
the Army told foreign journalists at a clandestine press
conference that he and other FPMR militants would consider
it an honor to assassinate President Pinochet. On the
18th, the FPMR kidnapped an Army colonel, the highest
ranking government or military officer ever kidnapped, and
released him unharmed on the 21st. The kidnapping seems to
have been designed to show the government that it is not
invulnerable and allegedly to seek contacts with ranking
officers. The kidnappers have alleged that they found a
document on the colonel describing a secret plan in which
the U.S. Government has offered Pinochet the opportunity to
leave office honorably and live in the United States. The
FPMR has also stepped up efforts to gain increased
international support and recognition.
4. Brazilian television, Sao Paulo Rede
Bandeirantes Television in Portuguese, on the 4th carried
an interview with Libyan leader Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi in
his home in Tripoli. The Bureau monitored the interview
via ROSET, texted it, and sent Headquarters the video. The
same day, Brazil authorized the sale of heavy weapons to
Libya. On the 8th, FOLHA DE SAO PAULO created a
controversy by reporting that the government is building
underground facilities for testing nuclear weapons and for
storing nuclear waste in northern Brazil. The government
immediately issued a communique denying the report. Despite
the denial, however, the Brazilian press is continuing to
give heavy play to the report and to allegations that the
military has a parallel nuclear program well under way.
5. On 4 August, the Peruvian Government of President
Alan Garcia declared a moratorium on the payment of the
public sector debt to private international banks. Prime
Minister Luis Alva Castro on the 8th announced that Peru
would not pay the full amount it owed to the IMF by the 15
August deadline. When the deadline passed and Peru made no
additional payments, the IMF declared the country
ineligible for further loans. President Garcia denounced
the IMF decision and repeated his frequently asserted
position of economic independence. Despite Peru's defiant
posturing, the government said it would remain in the IMF.
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6. In an attempt to end a long-simmering and
potentially volitile issue, the Uruguayan Government on the
28th proposed full amnesty for most of the military
personnel accused of involvement in human rights abuses
between 1962 and 1985, when the present civilian government
assumed power. The Bureau filed excerpts of President
Sanguinetti's speech, in which he gave reasons for the
government proposal.
B. Cruising
During the TDY of Panama Bureau Engineer
the cruiser received additional training on ROSET cruising
and operations. The cruiser contributed significantly to
the monitorial coverage of the Bolivian crisis by cruising
out audible Bolivian stations, especially those in the
interior of the country where the miners were striking. He
also began compiling information for the semiannual Panama
Bureau press and radio coverage backstop plan and is about
to begin cruising out Argentine, Brazilian, and Uruguayan
radios with the Bureau's newly installed long-wire antenna.
C. Technical
1. At midmonth the Bureau received Headquarters
authorization to refurbish the rhombic antenna at the
remote site in Luque, some 15 miles outside Asuncion. The
new towers were completely erected and the antenna wires
hung by 5 September. The Bureau uses the rhombic to cover
Bolivian radios and when the contractor was told the
project would have to be postponed because of the troubles
brewing in Bolivia, he said he could put up the new towers
and re-string the antenna wires without the Bureau losing 1
minute of coverage, which he did.
2. The microwave expansion project at the remote
site got well under way in August. The four new racks have
been installed, the equipment has been completely moved
without any disruption of Bureau operations, and the
complete re-wiring is in progress. The project should be
completed by mid-September.
3. The television antennas positioned on the
antenna pole above the Bureau were moved to another pole
because they were suffering a signal degradation caused by
interference from a local HAM operator. Reception has
improved of local transmissions as well as those from
Argentine television in Formosa.
4. Five new Toshiba televisions were installed in
the television-monitoring booth.
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5. The following accountable property was
procured locally as part of the ROSET projects
-- 5 Toshiba 14-inch color television sets
made in Japan model CJ-300 A; serial no.
47251932, 47250906, 47250527,47251843,
662256032.
-- 3 Toshiba VCR's made in Japan, model
M-5130-TL; serial no. 66216880, 66214812,
66214803.
' -- 4 Sylver 6-inch color television sets made
in Japan, MOM -111; serial no. 001,
002, 003, 004.
Personnel
Junior Editor was promoted to OS-11,
effective 3 August.
IV. VISITS
1. (Chief, Engineering Support
Group, TDY'ed at the Bureau 7-9 August.
2. Panama Bureau Engineer
Bureau 12-17 August.
A/Chief, FBIS Paraguay /Bureau
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Paraguay Bureau Production Report for August 1986
TOTAL PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
TOTAL NON-PUBLISHABLE WORDAGE FILED DURING MONTH:
TOTAL NUMBER OF PUBLISHABLE ITEMS FILED DURING MONTH:
II. INPUT OF REGULAR COVERAGE:
(minutes or issues per week)
111. OUTPUT FROM ALL SOURCES:
(publishable words per month)
ARGENTINA
Buenos Aires Argentina Televisora Color
Network in
Spanish
Buenos Aires Domestic Service in
Spanish
Formosa LT 88 Television in
Spanish
Buenos Aires DYN in
Spanish
Buenos Aires NOTICIAS ARGENTINAS in
Spanish
Buenos Aires TELAM in
Spanish
Buenos Aires BUENOS AIRES HERALD in
English
Buenos Aires CLARIN in
Spanish
Buenos Aires GENIE in
Spanish
Buenos Aires LA NAC I ON in
Spanish
Buenos Aires LA PRENSA in
Spanish
Buenos Aires TIEMPO ARGENTINO in
Spanish
BOLIVIA
La Paz Domestic Service in
Spanish
La Paz La Red F'anamer i cana in
Spanish
La Paz Radio Fides Network in
Spanish
300761
8820o
964
BROAD- PRESS PURL I ---
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
9376.00 39840.00 174.23
min. min. issues
0
4290
4340
7710
12860
573o
13630
380
677o
620
0
2830
1260
2810
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BROAD-- PRESS PURL I
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
La Paz Radio Illimani in
Spanish
La Paz El Diario in
Spanish
La F'az PRESENCIA in
Spanish
IRA7..IL
F;rasilia Domestic Service in
Portuguese
Brasilia Radio National da Amazonia
Network in
Portuguese
Porto Alegre Radio Guaiba in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro Radio Gloho in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo Bandeirantes Television in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo Radio Bandeirantes in
Portuguese
Brasilia EI-;N in
PortuqUese
Rio de Janeiro AJI, :i n
Por'tUgUese
Rio de Janeiro JORNAL DO BRASIL_ in
Pot-.tUguese
Rio de Janeiro MANCHETE in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro 0 GLOBO in
Portuguese
Sao Paul(:) FOLHA DE SAO PAULO in
Portuguese
Sao Paulo 0 ESTADO DE SAO PAULO in
I'arti.lgUese
iao Paulo VEJA in
Portuguese
CHILE
Santiago Domestic Service in
Spanish 2331o
Santiago Radio Chilena in
Spanish 15e11:)
Santiago Television Service in
Spanish 2070
Santiago DUE PASA in
Spanish
Santiago ANALISIS in
Spanish
7111)
i)
4470
97100
b9()( )
1280
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Santiago APSI in
Spanish
Santiago CALJCE" in
Spanish
Santiago COSAS in
Spanish
Santiago EL ME? RCLJR I O in
Spanish
Santiago HOY in
Spanish
Santiago LA TERCERA DE LA HORA in
Spanish
Santiago MENSAJE in
Spanish
CH I NA
Dei_jing Beijing in
Spanish
FRANCE
Paris AFP in
Spanish
PARAGUAY
Asuncion Radio Nanduti in
Spanish
Asuncion Cerro Cora Sistema Nacional
de Television in
Spanish
Asuncion Domestic Service in
Spanish
Asuncion Radio Primero de Marto in
Spanish
Asuncion Red Privada de Teledifusora
Paraguaya Television in
Spanish
Asuncion EL DIARIO in
Spanish
Asuncion EL PUEBLO in
Spanish
Asuncion HOY in
Spanish
Asuncion LA TARDE in
Spanish
Asuncion PATRIA in
Spanish
Asuncion SENDERO in
Spanish
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI_.
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
2860
1510
284C-)
3350
3260
2460
1910)
620
247c
480
820
18 C0
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Asuncion ULT I MA HORA in
Spanish
PERU
Lima Cadena America Television in
Spanish
Lima Canal 9 Television in
Spanish
Lima Domestic Service in
Spanish
Lima Latinoamericana Television in
Spanish
Lima Panamericana Television
Network in
BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CASTS AGENCIES CATIONS
Spanish
407()
Lima Radio del f='acifico in
Spanish
250
Lima
Radioprogramas
Spanish
del Peru in
C?()
Lima Television Peruana in
Spanish
1750
Lima CARETAS in
Spanish
Lima EL COMERCIO in
Spanish
Lima EL DIARIO MARKA in
Spanish
Lima EL NUEVO DIARIO in
Spanish
Lima EXPRESO
Spanish
Lima LA REPUBLICA in
Spanish
SPAIN
Madrid EFE in
Spanish
URUGUAY
Montevideo Radio Carve in
Spanish
Montevideo Radio El Espectador in
Spanish
Montevideo LA HORA in
Spanish
Montevideo EL DIA in
Spanish
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BROAD- PRESS PUBLI-
CISTS AGENCIES CATIONS
USSR
Moscow Radio Magallanes in
Spanish 26o
Moscow Radio Peace and Progress in
Spanish to Latin America c_)
Moscow in
Portuguese to Brazil i)
Moscow in
Spanish to Latin America 420
Moscow in
Spanish to Chile 5231
Moscow in
Spanish to Cuba 0
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WORDAGE FILED FROM ROSET SOURCES
Brasilia EBN in
Portuguese
Rio de Janeiro AJB in
Portuguese
Brasilia Radio National da Amazonia Network in
Portuguese
Brasilia Domestic Service in
Fortuguese
Rio de Janeiro Radio Globo in
Portuguese
F'aulo Bandeirantes Television in
F or tugues
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